Departmental Reports

Thursday, 18 December 2014

Questions (169)

Barry Cowen

Question:

169. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form per annum, all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report; and the publication date. [49264/14]

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Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

In response to the Deputy's question the following table outlines the total amount spent on external consultancy reports commissioned by my Department since its inception in 2011:

Name of External Report	Costs	Date or Expected Date of Publication	Name of External Consultant
Independent verification of savings arising under the Public Service Agreement	€35,819.80	June 2011	MKO Partners Ltd
Report on Reasons Behind Voter Behaviour in the Oireachtas Inquiry Referendum 2011	€41,043.20	January 2012	Red C Research and Marketing Ltd.
Options for the next National Lottery licence	€615 (including VAT)	2 March 2012	Davy Corporate Finance
Independent verification of savings arising under the Public Service Agreement	€31,586.40	13 June 2012	Grant Thornton
Capacity and Capability Review of Central Procurement Function	€30,750.00	6 September 2012	Accenture
ICT-MF Executive Assessment	€30,750.00	November 2012	Innovation Value Institute, NUIM
Independent verification of savings arising under the Public Service Agreement	€24,206.40	3 July 2013	Grant Thornton
Debt Management Final Report	€110,000 plus VAT	Published 24th July 2014	BearingPoint
Report of a Consultation with Civil Society Representatives and Citizens on Ireland's Participation in the Open Government Partnership	Funding of €25,735.25 was provided to Transparency International Ireland in 2013 following a competitive tender process to support a public consultation with civil society and the preparation of a report of their recommendations and proposals for potential inclusion in Ireland's Open Government Partnership National Action Plan.	Published on 2 October 2013	Transparency International, Ireland
Capacity & Capability Review of the Estate Portfolio function of the Office of Public Works (excluding Heritage Services)	€130,000.00 + VAT	Report has been received by the Office of Public Works and circulated to staff	Concerto Partners LLP
Open Data project: - Best Practice Handbook - Data Audit Report - Roadmap for Open Data - Evaluation Framework - Open Data Publication Handbook	€19,188.00	July 2014	Insight Centre for Data Analytics, NUI Galway
Development of Training & Organisation Development	€22,900	July 2014 (date is approximate, relates to draft Report)	Baker Tilly Ryan Glennon. Trinity House, Charleston Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6
Value for Money Report of Dublin Castle's Conference Facilities	€4,674.00 Incl Vat.	Qtr 3, 2014	Newmarket Consulting
Fund Structuring Services Agreement for Social Housing and Energy Efficiency in Ireland	€26,766.65	5 November 2014	European Investment Bank
Baseline Report Single Pension Scheme	€24,900	9 December 2014	Mr Seamus O'Dwyer
Comparative Report on European National Identification Numbers	€37,500	Publication pending the completion of the work of the PPSN review Group	Hans Graux of time.lex CVBA, Brussels, Belgium

In the course of its normal business activity, the Office of Public Works engages technical consultants on many of its projects, primarily architectural and engineering. The costs of these consultants would be included in the overall project costs and are not included here.